54 The Final Gamble (3)

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All mages are arrogant beings who live in worlds of their own.

They deny the laws of the world.

They are the ones who force through their own logic.

A secret art that brings one's own logic, honed over many years, into reality.

That is Gate Opening (開門).

Uh, right, right.

The flavor is familiar to anyone fluent in genre conventions.

“Gate Opening, Grand-Guignol.”...